Field Tech

Role Responsibilities

This is a seasonal, up to 3-month wage opportunity within Alberta’s Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) surveillance program. The CWD Field Technician distributes remote freezers to local vendors across Alberta and then collects heads of hunter-killed deer from the freezers. They then manage and deliver the heads to the lab for testing.

The major responsibilities of a CWD Field Technician include:

Initial Program Setup: delivering and setting up collection freezers at various vendor locations, contacting road maintenance contractors, distributing CWD program information

Monitoring Freezers: collecting, verifying species, sex and age from collected samples, providing initial field data record for all samples collected; collecting samples from road killed deer; and timely head collection from freezers.

Sample Delivery: photocopying green CWD tags, delivering tags and samples to testing labs (Edmonton, Airdrie and Lethbridge)

Program Shut Down: Retrieving, cleaning, and properly storing freezers; completing inventory check list.

Challenges in this position include long periods of driving (at times in inclement weather), organizing, tracking, and delivering large numbers of heavy frozen incoming heads, and being efficient while responsive to unanticipated aspects of winter field activities. This position will also require working a modified work week to accommodate weekend hunting.

Eight positions are available, and individuals will be based in local urban centers adjacent to the assigned geographic work area. Residence (based on necessity) and meals will be compensated by the CWD program for the duration of the work term.

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APS Competencies

Competencies are behaviors that are essential to reach our goals in serving Albertans. We encourage you to have an in depth understanding of the competencies that are required for this opportunity and to be prepared to demonstrate them during the recruitment process.

This link will assist you with understanding competencies: https://www.alberta.ca/system/files/custom_downloaded_images/psc-alberta-public-service-competency-model.pdf.

Building Collaborative Environments – Leads and contributes to the conditions and environments that allow people to work collaboratively and productively to achieve outcomes.

Agility – Ability to anticipate, assess, and readily adapt to changing priorities, maintain resilience in times of uncertainty and effectively work in a changing environment.

Drive For Results – Knowing what outcomes are important and maximizing resources to achieve results that are aligned with the goals of the organization, while maintaining accountability to each other and external stakeholders.

Creative Problem Solving – Ability to assess options and implications in new ways to achieve outcomes and solutions.

Systems Thinking - The work done within the APS is part of a larger integrated and inter-related environment. It is important to know that work done in one part of the APS impacts a variety of other groups/projects inside and outside the APS. Systems Thinking allows us to keep broader impacts and connections in mind.

Qualifications

Minimum requirements: 
•    High school diploma plus one year of related experience in conservation enforcement 
•    Experienced in winter driving, trailer towing, and operating large pickup trucks.

Additional requirements:
•    5-years Driver's Abstract with less than 3 demerits plus Class 5 Driver's license

Assets: 
•    Winter driving experience, preference for defensive driving 
•    Experience using tow trailers and large pickup trucks
•    Good physical condition and able to lift at least 50lbs
•    Experience with hunting large game or working with large domestic animals in the agricultural industry

Minimum recruitment standards outline the minimum education and experience required for appointment to a job classification.

Refer to https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-minimum-recruitment-standards.

Notes

We are recruiting seasonal wage Field Technicians based in Edmonton. There are up to 8 positions available, with weekly hours up to 36.25.

This position will require working a modified work week to accommodate weekend hunting.

Please Note: These positions are in various locations across Alberta depending on the driving routes assigned. Accommodations will be provided where necessary.

This position has a term of employment from October 8, 2025, to December 19, 2025.

In addition to regular wages, regular Wage employees receive 11.2% in lieu of benefits and vacation leave:       

• 5.2 percent of regular wage earnings instead of paid holidays
• 6 percent of regular wage earnings instead of annual vacation pay

In addition to the regular wages and the additional pay in lieu of benefits and vacation, regular wage employees are entitled to shift premium pay:

• $3.25 per hour for weekends and holidays
• $2.75 per hour for evenings

About Your Application

• Terms of employment in your resume are to be identified in months and years, highlighting applicable duties or achievements at the respective role.  
• Those selected for an interview are requested to bring three (3) work-related references.
• Any costs associated with obtaining the required documents/checks as noted or interview travel expenses, will be the responsibility of the candidate. Out-of-province applicants can obtain the required documents/checks from the province they currently reside in.

Links and information on what the GoA has to offer to prospective employees.

• Working for the Alberta Public Service – https://www.alberta.ca/advantages- working-for-alberta-public-service.aspx
• Research Alberta Public Service Careers tool - https://researchapscareers.alberta.ca
• Positive workplace culture and work-life balance

Resources for applicants:

• https://www.alberta.ca/apply-for-jobs-with-the-alberta-public-service.aspx
• https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-hiring-process.aspx
• https://alis.alberta.ca/look-for-work/